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ArticlePloS one2017

Genetic dissection of main and epistatic effects of QTL based on augmented triple test cross design.

Xueli Zhang, Congwei Sun, Zheng Zhang, Zhijun Dai, Yuan Chen, Xiong Yuan, Zheming Yuan, Wenbang Tang, Lanzhi Li, Zhongli Hu

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Xueli ZhangHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-2015
Congwei SunHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zheng ZhangHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zhijun DaiHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yuan ChenHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xiong YuanHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zheming YuanHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Wenbang TangHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Lanzhi LiHunan Engineering & Technology Research Center for Agricultural Big Data Analysis & Decision-Making, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zhongli HuState Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hubei Lotus Engineering Center, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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Abstract

The use of heterosis has considerably increased the productivity of many crops; however, the biological mechanism underpinning the technique remains elusive. The North Carolina design III (NCIII) and the triple test cross (TTC) are powerful and popular genetic mating design that can be used to decipher the genetic basis of heterosis. However, when using the NCIII design with the present quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping method, if epistasis exists, the estimated additive or dominant effects are confounded with epistatic effects. Here, we propose a two-step approach to dissect all genetic effects of QTL and digenic interactions on a whole genome without sacrificing statistical power based on an augmented TTC (aTTC) design. Because the aTTC design has more transformation combinations than do the NCIII and TTC designs, it greatly enriches the QTL mapping for studying heterosis. When the basic population comprises recombinant inbred lines (RIL), we can use the same materials in the NCIII design for aTTC-design QTL mapping with transformation combination Z1, Z2, and Z4 to obtain genetic effect of QTL and digenic interactions. Compared with RIL-based TTC design, RIL-based aTTC design saves time, money, and labor for basic population crossed with F1. Several Monte Carlo simulation studies were carried out to confirm the proposed approach; the present genetic parameters could be identified with high statistical power, precision, and calculation speed, even at small sample size or low heritability. Additionally, two elite rice hybrid datasets for nine agronomic traits were estimated for real data analysis. We dissected the genetic effects and calculated the dominance degree of each QTL and digenic interaction. Real mapping results suggested that the dominance degree in Z2 that mainly characterize heterosis showed overdominance and dominance for QTL and digenic interactions. Dominance and overdominance were the major genetic foundations of heterosis in rice.

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Epistasis, GeneticQuantitative Trait LociHybrid VigorModels, Genetic

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